overhold

Meanings

Verb

• To overvalue; overestimate; hold or estimate at too dear a rate.
• To hold over; keep.

Noun

• The act or process of holding over.

Origin

• From Middle English overholden, from Old English oferhealdan ("to overcome, overtake, hold over, delay to do, neglect"), from Proto-Germanic *uber ("over") + *haldaną, equivalent to over- + hold. Cognate with Dutch overhouden ("to hang on, hold over, save"), German überhalten ("to hold on to, keep"), Danish overholde ("to observe").